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What Are the Responsibilities of a Global Superpower? Is the United

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What are the responsibilities of a global superpower? Is the United States risking "imperial overstretch?" What are the costs and benefits of acting unilaterally? What are the challenges to the United States in continuing to hold this position? What are the challenges to the global system if the United States loses its hegemonic position?


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VARs

An abbreviation for Volt-Ampere Reactive, a unit of reactive power in an electrical system, representing the non-working power in an AC circuit.

Watts

The unit of power in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one joule per second.

Peak-to-peak

The difference in voltage between the highest and lowest points in a waveform.

Effective

Producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect; efficiency in producing a desired result.

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